{"id":1825602,"date":"2023-01-27T03:04:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T08:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1825602"},"modified":"2023-01-27T03:05:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T08:05:25","slug":"every-dollar-the-u-s-throws-at-ukraine-zaps-resources-from-our-own-depleted-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/every-dollar-the-u-s-throws-at-ukraine-zaps-resources-from-our-own-depleted-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Dollar The U.S. Throws At Ukraine Zaps Resources From Our Own Depleted Military"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fevery-dollar-the-u-s-throws-at-ukraine-zaps-resources-from-our-own-depleted-military%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1825602&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>The New York Times published an earlier version of this article earlier in the week <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2023\/01\/24\/world\/russia-ukraine-news?smid=url-share#the-firings-come-amid-a-ballooning-corruption-scandal-involving-military-procurement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> on the Ukrainian government\u2019s recent shake-up to fight corruption. \u201cThe dismissals appeared to reflect Mr. Zelensky\u2019s goal of reassuring Ukraine\u2019s allies \u2014 which are sending billions of dollars in military aid \u2014 that his government would show zero tolerance for graft as it prepares for a possible new offensive by Moscow,\u201d According to The Times. Why was it 11 months for Volodymyr Zelensky to address the corruption problem? For many months, there have been warning signs about the corruption issue.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian-born Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., who at the beginning of the invasion was very supportive of Ukraine, more recently began to question Zelensky\u2019s administration. Spartz wanted greater oversight over American aid to Ukraine. This was widely criticized by many. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/07\/15\/republicans-spartz-ukraine-zelenskyy-00045949\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">both parties<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With the recent resignation of several officials, there are grounds to question the location of the funds in Ukraine. Despite the fact that the European Union has a similar GDP and 100 millions more people, the United States has been the biggest supporter of military assistance to Ukraine. Military equipment is the most important aid to keeping Ukraine\u2019s military armed and fighting, which might be why Zelensky is trying to address corruption now. <\/p>\n<p>Many Republicans will be able to take control of the House of Representatives now that Republicans hold it. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/27\/republicans-press-biden-on-more-oversight-into-ukraine-funds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">want<\/a> More oversight of the money going to Ukraine. It is regrettable that the House leadership did not change to ensure that American taxpayer funds were properly expended overseas.<\/p>\n<p> U.S. Military Production at Rise <\/p>\n<p>The state of U.S. military production was another news story that broke this month \u2014 and this story should be more concerning to the American public than Ukraine\u2019s problems. The Center for Strategic and International Studies released a report on U.S. military aid to Ukraine and the U.S. defence industry. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/empty-bins-wartime-environment-challenge-us-defense-industrial-base\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> found that the United States\u2019 \u201cdefense industrial base is not adequately prepared for the competitive security environment that now exists.\u201d The United States ranks third for casting production. Casting is essential for creating weapon system systems. However, the lead time for most weapons production is longer than one year.<\/p>\n<p>CSIS estimates that the United States would run out precision missiles and other advanced technologies in less than one week in a Taiwan Strait Conflict. The United States would need to use more crude weapons types if that happened, as Russia did in Ukraine. The United States may have used the 20 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems), that it sent to Ukraine. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/rebuilding-us-inventories-six-critical-systems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">replaced<\/a> It could take three years, depending on how fast the production surge rate is. HIMARS have been very effective in Ukraine, but this highlights the continued danger of the United States\u2019 ability to produce weapon systems. It appears that America does not have the ability to produce many of these weapon system in a short time.<\/p>\n<p> A Depleted Military Can\u2019t Overcommit <\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t a debate on aid to Ukraine, but rather a discussion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state of U.S. military production should be more concerning to the American public than Ukraine\u2019s corruption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1700,"featured_media":1825605,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[16651,14169,4505,16650,11534,7238,6991,16649],"class_list":["post-1825602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-depleted","tag-dollar","tag-military","tag-resources","tag-throws","tag-u-s","tag-ukraine","tag-zaps"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1700"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1825602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1825605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1825602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1825602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1825602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}